Knuckledragger

This is a minor point, but I really love USB audio devices that announce themselves correctly:

RESTAURANTS Starbucks will exit Russia after 15 years, closing 130 licensed cafes. I can't wait to see the new Russian knock-off.

Don't look now but the Evel Knievel of dirt bikes is is now "well into" his 40s.

w00t. After my first order getting utterly messed up, the OWC Thunderbolt 4 cable I bought off BozosPenisRocketsAndBridgeDemolition.com arrived today. Careful readers will note I bought a TB3 dock and not a TB4 one, but I still elected to get a TB4 cable. I did this for a couple reasons: First as Grawk mentioned in Jacob's Jacobless Jacobing, The TS3+ and TB docks in general are picky AF about wires. Secondly, I might end up with some TB4 devices in the future. The utter lack of drama in connecting the TS3+ dock was lowkey impressive. *boop* Power connected. External monitor comes to life. Turning off WiFi and the gigabit ethernet does what it says on the tin. I have not tested the optical digital output yet, largely because I cannot be arsed to dig up a cable of sufficient length and run it behind my desk. TL;DR: If you're going to make use of a Thunderbold dock, do not skimp on the cable. The OWC branded one I bought was about $60 shipped, and was much better reviewed than the sea of Chinesium ones that ranged from $15 to $40.

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Oh boy. So Sports Illustrated featured a plus sized model named Yumi Nu on the cover of their swimsuit issue. Everyone's favorite Kermit Thee Frog sounding Canadian self-help grifted Doctor Jordan B. Peterson had to open his big yapper about it: Things did not go well for him. I have not seen a public evisceration like this in a while. Ragequit!

Yeow. RIP to Vangelis, a man in need of exactly zero introduction. There's no way I could even begin to sum up his career, impact (or, ahem, collection of synthesizers) so I'm just gonna say this: When I did my Saturnine mix 2009, I included his song Ask The Mountain with Stina Nordenstam ‎on vocals:

I forget who said it, but someone in here mentioned they drive by the SmugMug HQ (the people who own Flickr) and that the bulding is a dump. Went on Google Maps and, uh, can confirm: https://goo.gl/maps/sYgVyvq8SHxQTSFH7

The James Brand x VMP Knife: The Abbey. A bargain at $80!

Someone Shot The Johnny Cash Water Tower In Kingsland, Arkansas, And Now It’s Taking A Leak.

OC shitpost I made for /r/metalmemes:

No one: That one guy at the festival:

@Torpedo If you were listening to the show where the power went out, that was a tribute to Klaush Schulze that ended prematurely thanks to National Grid. Test Tone @ Home live right now: https://mixlr.com/illuminator/

Lambo TRAK-tor.

Pussy Riot band member Maria Alyokhina escapes Russia dressed as food courier after criticising Putin. 🤣

Apple discontinues iPod, 20 years after it was released.

Russia is set to lose its status as a top global oil power under an EU embargo. 3 experts break it down: 'It could surely cripple the Russian oil and gas industry'

Last night's show is up on MixCloud: Haven't said THAT in a while.

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Putin to officially declare war on Ukraine, Western officials say. Well gee whiz.

Okay, this is kind of horrible but I can't keep it to myself. I presume all of Head Case knows about Ben Shaprio at this point. Some of you may even know that he's got a sister. She has her own YouTube presense and has, ahem, a couple notable characterisitcs of her own. #1 huge tracts of land and #2 the exact same mouth as her older brother. Naturally, the internet is fascinated with her, in all sorts of humorous and creepy ways. This screencap of one of her videos went viral last summer: TIL someone turned said screencap into one of those 3D mousepads usually reserved for anime waifus: This has been your moment of existential horror.